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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schwarzer tell K. in the beginning of the novel when the two first meet?
(a) That K. has to work for his board at the inn.
(b) That K. has no permission to be there.
(c) That K. has to show papers bearing the royal seal from the Castle.
(d) That K. is welcome in the village.

2. What reason does K. suggest for the landlady's reluctance to have him talk to Klamm?
(a) That she is protecting her daughter.
(b) That she is protecting Klamm.
(c) That she doesn't want K. to get in trouble.
(d) That she is employed by Klamm.

3. Why does the landlady say that Frieda never received gifts from Klamm?
(a) Klamm never gives gifts to his mistresses.
(b) Klamm only gives one gift to a mistress, when she leaves him.
(c) She is not a good enough mistress to deserve gifts.
(d) She never asked for any gifts.

4. What does K. tell Schwarzer he is?
(a) A land surveyor.
(b) A member of the royal court.
(c) A milliner.
(d) An apothecary.

5. Where does K. go at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) To Barnabas's house.
(b) To the inn where he is staying.
(c) To the Castle.
(d) Into the Gentlemen's Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is K. asked to get out of Klamm's sleigh?

2. What does the chairman offer to contact the Castle for?

3. What is Barnabas' role, according to the letter from K.'s director?

4. What does Frieda ask K. to do?

5. When K. returns to the inn after meeting with the chairman, what does the landlord ask him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Klamm look like?

2. What happens between K. and the assistants after Frieda gets up in the middle of the night at the school?

3. What does the coachman tell K. about Klamm's arrival at the coach?

4. What do Artur and Jeremias know about land surveying?

5. What does the gentleman who comes to the coach while K. is there waiting want?

6. How does K. feel in the village?

7. What use does Frieda think the position offered to K. might serve?

8. What is K.'s attitude toward the gentleman in Chapter IX?

9. What does the landlady say will happen to the record of K.'s talk with the gentleman?

10. To what does the landlady attribute the profitability of the inn?

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